Grossly, an overt chondroid appearance is rare. This is probably secondary to the cartilage component being less well-formed, high grade, and mixing with non-chondroid elements resulting in a lack of large areas of pure chondroid differentiation and its attendant blue-grey lobulated appearance.

Chondroblastic osteosarcomas tend to be white to tan, and variably calcified with a fish-flesh or rope-like cut surface.